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Smoking and Genetics - Is Smoking Hereditary?

You can you stop smoking if smoking isrender these genes ineffective and
inherited in your genes. Research showsbecome a non-smoker".
that whilst genetic factors do play aAlong with genes leading to flawed
part in smoking behaviour, this is onlyopinions, one is exposed to family
a small part. Environment, or nurtureemotions and family temptations. For
as well as nature, plays a part too.instance, if parents were harsh in the
Studies of a correlation between smokingtreatment of a smoker growing up, who
and genetic factors have come up withthen was encouraged to smoke on every
three correlations between smokers andvisit to relatives, this of course
their families:influences the smoking desire. A person
1. The age they start smokingwith an unhappy or less educated
2. How likely they are to carry onbackground is more likely to smoke, and
smokinghaving cigarettes all around this person
3. When they stop smokingreinforces the smoking behaviour.
Whilst these factors are significant,The good news is that using methods like
they are not huge. In other words, youEFT, unhappiness can be lifted out of
can quit even if everyone in your familyyour system. When there is no longer
is a smoker.the need to drug unhappiness, the desire
One of the things that are targeted infor smoking reduces considerably.
quit-smoking programs is the beliefs ofWhat remains is a simple program that
the smoker. A belief is a very strongcovers the following:
psychological incentive, and can be aA. Education about the dangers of
strong influence on stop-smokingsmoking and the true joys of natural
treatment.living
So how do you change a belief? TheB. Options that involve something more
answer is that cannot change a beliefexciting than being around smokers
per se, what you can change is that anC. Behavioural coaching for situations
opinion that was once a belief is nowhere one is surrounded by smokers
longer so.Whilst this may mean more than one quick
A belief is an absolute truth, somethingsession for smoking cessation, a
that we believe to be true based on allstructured program like this is more
the evidence given to us plus the way welikely to produce long-lasting results
have stacked up this evidence in aand true freedom for good. All I can
logical order. Now logic is likesay is that if you are an
building a wall. First you have oneex-smoker-to-be, you can succeed. It is
brick, then you have another, thenmerely the route to success that
another, building brick upon brick tillchanges. True success feels good
you have a wall. The strength of thiswhatever route you take to it and
wall depends on how good the bricks are.whatever genes you have inherited.
What if there was a brick somewhereReferences about smoking and a genetic
near the bottom that was flawed? Removelink:
this brick, and the wall collapses.Uhl, G.R.; Gold, L.H.; and Risch, N.
Take all the good bricks, build again,Genetic analyses of complex behavioral
and you have a much stronger wall indisorders. Proceedings of the National
place.Academy of Sciences 94:2785-2786, 1997.
Using methods like EFT (EmotionalKS KENDLER, PS MC NEALE, COG LA COREY,
Freedom Technique) with NLPCA PRESCOTT A population-based twin
(Neuro-Linguistic Programming), thestudy in women of smoking initiation and
belief that "I am a smoker because allnicotine dependence Psychological
my family are smokers" can be shown toMedicine, 1999 - journals.cambridge.org
be merely a flawed opinion. This isPage 1. Psychological Medicine, 1999,
replaced by the stronger wall which says29, 299-308.
"My family are smokers, I choose to



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